last weekend was no exception to this rule.... a few weeks ago i was asked to donate a sculpture for a fund raiser... of a new school recently opened... an art school from what i understand... gladly accepting the opportunity....to contribute....over the past fifteen...twenty years... myself along with many other artists have donated works to various fund raising events.... i have found most artists are incredibly generous...
another invitation arrives via the phone... an invite to a halloween party the same weekend as the fund raiser... then another to create magical...whimsical.... costumes for the annual magic lantern halloween event for children on the paseo...
delivering my sculpture in typical artists style.... right on time...the day of the event... which was only a day late...oops... in my defense... the sculpture i had designed.... which was locked safely inside my head.... was well on it's way... welding....sanding... welding...grinding... near completion it was now time to attach an essential element to the finished piece... the plexi.... drilling three holes to inlay round steel bar... the third hole blew out in the back...destroying the plexi... shit... this is not good.... my entire design just blew up in my face...
teaching taught me....a few little tricks...one being... adjustment...... when one direction isn't working... take it another...so with little time left...the sculpture...changed... not exactly what i had planned...but it worked... exhausted from the day...and the intense work.... i decided not to attend the event that evening.... however... my dear friend who was directly involved in making this event happened insisted i attend... rushing home....taking the ever so relaxing bubble bath... candles... oils....and a glass of wine.... dressing in record time.... my escort arrived and off we went...valet parking available for the artist....along with the big spenders of the evening... i lasted all of an hour and a half....
saturday was just as chaotic as friday.... cristin and i had a few minutes to spare...before the day took over.... we decided to meet at sauced... for mimosas.... while waiting for cristin and her daughter... i sat down with another friend... chatting away.... when a young woman i only know from sauced approached us... announcing she was fired from the iquana lounge after only five days...her employer referred to her as a worthless human being and asked her to leave his restaurant... the woman i was seated with and i both know this employer quite well...actually he is a very dear friend.... of course knowing the woman who was fired... it was not at all surprising...to hear...however she went on and on about her five days of employment... play by play detail... cristin and her daughter were waiting patiently on me.... when she finally motioned to me...and said...come over here... i gathered my things...stood up.... with no intention of leaving until the end of the angry woman's story... the next thing i know she becomes irate...calling me names....throwing her hands up in the air....storming off like a child... everyone sitting outside...was taken aback by this behavior...par for her from what i've seen in the year i've known her... everyone on the patio was looking at each other saying " what the hell was that all about" ...some shaking their heads in complete and total disgust... oh well... she then went on to tell me how rude i am... among other things..... i guess standing up...is rude... who knew!!!
the good news is...my sculpture was a huge success...and sold for a fair amount of money... during the live auction...which all goes to the school... !!!!
now it's time to get ready for saturday evening....after careful thought... i decided to be the ocean for halloween... which was a rather involved process... a couple of friends....painted my body for nearly 5 hours... adorned with bright colored fish....a seahorse...starfish....coral.. seaweed... bubbles...and ocean blue....from head to toe.... wearing a skirt...made from aqua blue shimmer fabric... ripped up from the hem then twisted and stretched to resemble tentacles.... my hair colored blue and green twisted dread lock style...... blue eye shadow....lips....layers and layers of spray glitter.... i am now a walking work of art...an amazing sculpture...picture after picture taken throughout the night.... of course i don't have a single one....ha!!!!
sunday morning....worn out... with more obligation.... many errands to run... cleaning out the bath tub...which was completely clogged from the latex... preparing dinner for my sons... the magical lantern...check in time for artist 1:45.... shit...hurry hurry.... racing all over town to get everything done...i made it just after 2....oh oops...again.... the children and parents began piling in... the magic was now to begin...taking little shy darlings...decorating them as fairy princess' ... witches...warlocks... oh i even created the hulk...using paper... little zoe...had her picture taken for the paper.... the photographer taking names...including mine... we made magic on sunday.... children smiling...parents thrilled.... the magic lantern is just that....a magical moment...every halloween...
oh and the angry woman....is still angry....and has now referred to me as rude...self absorbed...and diluted....
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